A01=Anthony Gill
activism
argentina
Author_Anthony Gill
authoritarian regimes
bishop
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catholic progressivism
catholicism
chile
church and state
community
competition
control
dictators
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evangelical
government
history
latin america
luther
military
nonfiction
outreach
parishioners
poverty
power
protestantism
religion
rulers
sects
spiritist
spirituality
Product details
- ISBN 9780226293837
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 03 Feb 1998
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Nowhere has the relationship between state and church been more volatile in recent decades than in Latin America. This book explains why Catholic leaders in some countries came to oppose dictatorial rule and, equally important, why many did not. Using historical and statistical evidence from 12 countries, Gill for the first time uncovers the causal connection between religious competition and the rise of progressive Catholicism. In places where evangelical Protestantism and "spiritist" sects made inroads among poor Catholics, Church leaders championed the rights of the poor and turned against authoritarian regimes to retain parishioners. Where competition was minimal, bishops maintained good relations with military rulers. Applying economic reasoning to an entirely new setting, the book offers a theory of religious competition that dramatically revises our understanding of church-state relations.
